Trichen Lodrö Chökyong ( bo, བློ་གྲོས་ཆོས་སྐྱོང, (Wylie: blo gros chos skyong)) (1389–1463) was a Tibetan spiritual leader. The fifth Ganden Tripa of the

Gelug file:DalaiLama0054 tiny.jpg, 240px, 14th Dalai Lama, The 14th Dalai Lama (center), the most influential figure of the contemporary Gelug tradition, at the 2003 Kalachakra ceremony, Bodh Gaya, Bodhgaya (India). The Gelug (, also Geluk; "virtuous ...

school of

Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism (also referred to as Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, Lamaistic Buddhism, Himalayan Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism) is the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan, where it is the dominant religion. It is also in majo ...

from 1450 to 1463, he was known as a Kalachakra scholar, wrote the ''Comprehensive Commentary on Kālacakra'' (''Dus 'khor tik chen''), and was a disciple of Tsongkhapa, Gyeltsap Darma Rinchen, and

Khedrub Je Khedrup Gelek Pelzang, 1st Panchen Lama (1385–1438 CE) – better known as Khedrup Je – was one of the main disciples of Je Tsongkhapa, whose reforms to Atiśa's Kadam tradition are considered the beginnings of the Gelug ...

. Trichen Lodrö Chökyong's disciples included Tsangchung Chodrak; Paṇchen Zangpo Tashi (1410 - 1478/1479), the second throne-holder of

Tashilhunpo Tashi Lhunpo Monastery (), founded in 1447 by the 1st Dalai Lama, is the traditional monastic seat of the Panchen Lama, and an historically and culturally important monastery in Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet. The monastery was sa ...

; the First Pakpa Lha, Pakpa Dechen Dorje (1439-1487); and Norzang Gyatso (1423-1517).

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